Professional web design insights for Irish businesses planning, building, or improving their websites. These articles address the technical, strategic, and practical considerations that affect website success for businesses in Galway, Mayo, Clare and across Ireland.
Whether you’re evaluating design options, troubleshooting existing websites, or understanding modern web standards, these guides provide honest assessments based on 15+ years designing websites for Irish businesses. Each article focuses on the specific needs of Irish SMEs rather than generic international advice.
Topics include responsive design, mobile optimisation, accessibility compliance, performance standards, and design trends that work for Irish business websites. The guidance addresses practical realities like Irish customer expectations, local market competition, GDPR compliance, and cost-effective approaches to professional web design. All content reflects current web standards, Irish regulatory requirements, and the technical considerations that affect how Irish customers interact with business websites.
Speed That Converts Website performance directly affects whether Irish customers stay on your site or move to competitors. Slow-loading websites frustrate visitors and cost businesses real money through lost enquiries, abandoned purchases, and poor search engine rankings. Irish businesses face particular performance challenges with customers accessing websites through various connection
Building Trust and Driving Sales eCommerce success in Ireland depends on more than just having products to sell online. Your website design directly influences whether Irish customers trust your business enough to provide payment information and complete purchases. Many Irish businesses launch eCommerce sites that look professional but fail to
An Irish business owner recently asked me to redesign her website because potential clients told her the old site looked “too busy and confusing.” The original design crammed multiple fonts, bright colours, and excessive graphics onto every page. After implementing a clean, minimalist approach with plenty of white space and
Why It Matters in 2025 Responsive web design isn’t a new technology anymore; it’s become the standard approach for all professional websites. Yet many Irish businesses still operate websites that don’t work properly on mobile devices, potentially losing customers every day. If you’re wondering whether your business needs responsive design,
Does your business really need a website? Well, yes and no. Ask any expert, and they’ll tell you to seriously consider setting up a business website. But maybe when you look at your business journey, you’ve crossed milestones beyond your expectations. And you’ve made it this far without the help
When and How to Refresh Your Online Presence Your website might be silently costing your Irish business customers without you realising it. Outdated websites create poor first impressions, frustrate mobile users, and fail to convert visitors into enquiries or sales. Website redesign isn’t just about making things look prettier; it’s
Why Does My Business Need a Website Maintenance Contract? Not sure whether you need a website maintenance contract? You’re not alone. Many small businesses in Ireland launch a website and assume that’s the end of the process. In reality, regular upkeep is essential to ensure your site stays online, secure,
Good Website Design has many elements. This article gives a brief description of 10 of them. Not all of them, but these are important for the success of your…
People tend to call everyone involved in the building of a website a Web Designer, but there are many others involved in the project, e.g. Web Developer and Graphic Designer etc.
Good advice is scarce and often ignored. Small businesses cannot afford to ignore it when they are lucky enough to run across it. Yes, it’s a list of things small businesses should be doing, and you can’t wait to read another list detailing the things you should be doing or
Most web designers keep, if not a close eye, at least a casual I on web design trends. If they don’t, they are in danger of being left behind and becoming irrelevant as new technologies and new tastes and preferences are developed. After all, would you buy a website that
Taking Business Further in 2025 A great-looking website alone isn’t enough to win customers. Equally, search engine optimisation (SEO) without a user-friendly, professional site will limit your results. To stand out in Google, convert visitors into customers, and build trust, you need both web design and SEO working together from
